SPORTS ALERT; Real Madrid faces Juventus in CL draw as Frank Ribery claims Uefa Best player 2012/2013

Bayern Munich midfielder beats off competition from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to be crowned as Uefa's Best Player in Europe

The 30-year-old French international capped off a magnificent year by being presented with the prestigious award following on from the draw for the Champions League group stages.

Ribery was instrumental in Bayern's Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and Champions League treble in 2012/13 and was voted Uefa Player of the Year by the continents football journalists.

The former Marseille man has been at the Allianz Arena since 2007, over which time he's collected three league titles, three German cups and last seasons Champions league trophy

Upon acceptng the award, Ribery said, "It’s a very special moment to be standing here this evening. I want to thank all of my team-mates from FC Bayern München, my family and my kids.”

Champions League draw: Real Madrid face Juventus, Barcelona meet AC Milan once again

The 2013-14 final will be held in the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. 

GROUP A  Man Utd  Shakhtar Donetsk  Bayer Leverkusen  Real Sociedad	GROUP B  Real Madrid  Juventus  Galatasaray  Copenhagen
GROUP C  Benfica  Paris Saint-Germain  Olympiakos  Anderlecht	GROUP D  Bayern Munich  CSKA Moscow  Manchester City  Viktoria Plzen
GROUP E  Chelsea  Schalke  Basel  Steaua Bucharest	GROUP F  Arsenal  Olympique de Marseille  Borussia Dortmund  Napoli
GROUP G  Porto  Atletico Madrid  Zenit St Petersburg  Austria Wien	GROUP H  Barcelona  AC Milan  Ajax  Celtic